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## Editing CAD Elements

Edit CAD dialog box

The Edit CAD Elements dialog box (Edit | Graphic Display Window | CAD Elements) allows you to alter the priority, element name, display of name, or color for different CAD elements in the CAD file.

To use this dialog box:

1. From the Feature types area, select the desired CAD element feature types to change.

2. From the Graphic Display window, select the CAD elements to change.

3. To select multiple CAD elements, box-select the desired CAD elements. When you release the mouse, PC-DMIS highlights the current selected elements and indicates the number of features in the Number Selected box. You can choose additional elements in the same manner. If needed, click the Deselect button to clear the screen of any highlighted elements.

4. Once the desired elements are selected and highlighted, mark the check box of the operation you want to perform:

- Set as priority

- Show name

- Change name

- Change color

5. See the "Dialog Box Description" subtopic below for any additional instructions and information on the individual operations.

6. Click Apply or OK.

In order for this option to work, you must create CAD levels. See "Setting Up the Screen View" for more information.

Dialog Box Description

The dialog box contains these items:

Feature types - Determines what feature types to edit. The available types are:

- Points

- Lines

- Circles

- Arcs

- Curves

- Surfaces

Number selected - Shows the number of selected CAD elements for each type.

Deselect - Deselects any highlighted CAD elements.

Name - Specifies a name for the selected CAD elements.

Set as priority - Determines the surfaces PC-DMIS checks first when calculating nominal values. For more information see "About Priority Surfaces" below.

Show name - Shows or hides the CAD element features name (if provided by the CAD designer) associated with the selected CAD elements.

Change name - If marked, this changes the name of the selected CAD elements to the name provided in the Name box.

Change color - Draws the selected CAD data in the color shown in the box near the Color button once you click Apply or OK. To change the current color, select the Color button.

Color - Defines a color to apply to selected CAD elements by displaying a basic Color dialog box.

Once you click OK on this dialog box, it becomes the selected color in the Edit CAD Elements dialog box.

More:

About Priority Surfaces